Wheelbarrow-axle.



MARTIN V. GARVER, OF BRYAN, OHIO.

WHEELBARROW-AXLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2, 1907.

Application filed October 18, 1905. Serial No. 283,202.

To all whom it 71mg concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN V. GARVER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bryan, in the county of l/Villiams and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Wheelbarrow-Axles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this invention.

In the ordinary construction of cheap wheelbarrows holes are bored through the side bars or handle-bars near their ends for the reception of the ends of the axle. An objection to this construction is that the holes are soon worn too large and that the ends of the side bars frequently split.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap simple construction which shall be strong and durable and which will entirely obviate the difficulties above indicated. I attain these objects by means of the devices and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of my device and in which Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in both views.

In the drawings, 1 1 are the side bars or handle-bars of the wheelbarrow, the ends of these parts farthest from the operator being shown.

2 is the wheelbarrow-axle, being of proper diameter to fit operatively the bore of the hub of the wheelbarrow-wheel. (Indicated in dotted line in Fig. 1.) At one end the axle is curved or looped, as shown, to form an eye 3. Through each of the handle-b ars near the wheel end is bored a vertical hole.

4 5 are hooks having straight shanks threaded at their extremities. The shank of the hook 4 is passed upwardly through one of the holes through the handle-bar, so that the hook engages the eye 3 of the axle which has previously been run through the bore of the hub of the wheel. Upon the upwardly-projecting extremity of the hook 4 is a nut 6, by means of which the hook is secured in place and by means of which the hook 4 and the eye 8 are drawn into close rigid engagement. The hook 5 is engaged with the opposite end of the axle, the shank of the hook being passed up through its hole in the handle-bar and secured with a nut in the manner above described.

It will be seen that when the parts are assembled and secured as above described the tendency of the handlebars to split at their ends is overcome, that the holes through the handle-bars do not become unduly enlarged, and that the nuts which retain the hooks and axle in place are not likely to be lost. It will also be seen that in case it becomes necessary to remove the wheel this may be readily done by merely loosening the nuts sufficiently to disengage the hooks from the axle, so that the axle may be withdrawn from the hub of the wheel.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A wheelbarrow-axle comprising a metal rod having at one end an eye, a hook having a threaded shank and engaged with said eye, another hook having a threaded shank and engaged with the opposite end of the axle, and nuts on the threaded extremities of said two hook-shanks.

In testimony whereof I affix my in presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN V. GARVER. Witnesses It. L. STARR, CHAsIE HUBBELL.

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